RCM:Step 5 - Adding company customers

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All common company customers need to be added to RCM. This can be done by importing data from a CSV file (single-step operation) or manually (the customer numbers are added one at a time).

Calls to company customers are treated as business calls. By default all company customers contacts are pushed to all company's phones. This behavior can be changed.

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Preparing CSV file

To prepare a CSV file, perform the following steps:

1. Add at least one customer manually (see Adding company number manually).

2. Click on Company customers link in the navigation menu.

3. Click Image:ICO_export.png Export to CSV link at the top to save a CSV file containing employees.

4. Use your favourite editor (e.g. Microsoft Excel, OpenOffice Calc, etc.) to open the exported CSV file and add necessary records to the. You can use this file as a template if you want to match records between RCM and your existing database.

Example of CSV file in Microsoft Excel
Example of CSV file in Microsoft Excel

5. Save the file in CSV format.

Note

The resulted CSV should contain the following fields: Name (department name) and Number (company phone number).

Importing customers from CSV file

To add company customers from CSV file:

1. Click Company Customers in the navigation menu.

2. Click Image:ICO_import.png in the action bar at the top.

Import company customer
Import company customer

3. Enter the path to the CSV file containing company customers or click Browse button and point to the folder where this file resides.

4. Click Upload.

Import company customer
Import company customer

Note 1

The CSV contains the following default fields:

  • First Name (department/employee)
  • Last Name (telephone number)
  • Title (job title)
  • Company name (the company which this person represents)
All fields are required. When creating a CSV-file using third-party software, make sure that data conforms to this format. This way you will maintain data conformity between RCM and the application (e.g. ERP).

Note 2

After creating new customers, you may want to assign them a visibility status. Visibility status defines whether a customer is visible to other employees/departments and whether he can see other employees/departments. To learn how to define a visibility status, read Changing company customer's visibility.

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